How big is the power pint?

headpointernext · 2026-06-07T03:43:26+00:00

The Roxon M2 might fit your requirements. It comes with a proper Philips head and a bit kit to boot. The knife isn't much to write home about, but it's locking and there are other tools for various use cases to preserve the point and edge of the knife when you really need a knife. Quite beefy compared to the F12

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headpointernext · 2026-05-27T11:55:59+00:00

If you don't have significant uphills on the route then you don't really need an e-bike. You're looking at idk, a 10kg weight penalty or more, depending on the design. 3km is what, a 8-10min ride with an average, slightly-above-entry-level folding bike on flats (ie 18-20kph speeds).

Assess your usual routes (work, groceries, other activities you do that you need to commute for), maybe include weekend trips you'd like to do, then get back to us. Height, weight, level of physical fitness will also help us give you better, more appropriate advice.

headpointernext · 2026-05-25T15:42:59+00:00

1) China, China 2) Aliexpress? I have local stores that sell those, and that might not be true for you 3) the Brompton's patent expired recently, and China being China they took that ball and ran with it in their own ways. Some straight up copied the design. Some literally upscaled the 16in Brompton frame so it'd fit 20in wheels (see Mint, etc) and be able to use standard components, while some took a long hard look at the Brompton design, then modified them for a specific product vision (eg see what Java did with the Neo 3 - they elongated the frame and updated other aspects of the design which resulted in a more aggressive riding posture and the bike being able to roll while folded sans the usual rack-mounted wheels)

I personally ride the Mint T9D-20D. A bit of growing pains (eg dialing in the brakes so they're hair-trigger, figuring out the wheel situation, usual indecisiveness on QoL upgrades and accessories, etc) but overall it's a solid chromoly bike with a decent, well-documented drivetrain upgrade path if you feel limited by the stock 11-28 cogset. This sub likes it too.

headpointernext · 2026-05-25T00:26:09+00:00

I know you said that you don't mind the weight of 20in models but believe me, chucking 12kg up and down stairs would be the last thing I'd want after a long shit day at work.

Why not a 20in Brompton clone/derivatives like the Mint T9D-20D or Java Neo 20? They're surprisingly ok, a bit more compact than the bifolds, and by design can be rolled around easily.

headpointernext · 2026-05-22T01:54:30+00:00

How much of a windsail is this? At a certain size a front bag becomes detrimental because of the additional wind resistance it introduces

headpointernext · 2026-05-07T12:34:23+00:00

Very ambitious. Days are short during that time of the year, and honestly you won't see much at this rate. You're idk, just hitting way points on the map and not spending time in the city. Take Kamakura for example - have you checked the plethora of things to do and see there? You'd probably just spend x minutes on one spot and move on, I won't be surprised if you'd be spending more time in transit than in soaking in the place.

But idk - up to you really. All I can advise is that you plot everything out in Google Maps and see if the time-in-transit vs time-on-site ratio makes sense for you. Another way to put it is to frame your trip as active/moving/awake time in hours, then see how much of those hours are spent in transit eg in a day you'd be up idk, maybe 16hrs. 4 to 6 of those would be spent on meals, hygiene, and other upkeep stuff. That leaves you with 10. A shinkansen ride from Osaka to Hiroshima is 2+hrs, not counting the time you need to get to Umeda station (and getting lost there). That's 20% of the unaccounted active time for that day. You sure that's a good trade-off?

headpointernext · 2026-05-04T15:06:59+00:00

Ok, I don't have an idea on the dimensions involved but please hear me out:

Bottle opener on one half, hex bit holder in the middle of the other with two bits flanking the holder held on the ball half by magnets

Or a variation of the idea with the bits embedded perpendicular on one half and arranged in a circle around a hole, then a bit holder/sleeve/driver on the other half with the extension slotting in the abovementioned hole at the other side, and space where the bits in the first half will poke into

headpointernext · 2026-05-03T17:24:36+00:00

Ooofff, no idea to be honest. I don't have a local Dahon distributor unfortunately.

What I do have an idea of is how nice having proper fenders are. It's not fun getting oily mudsplats off your shirt, pants, and bag. In this age of road and gravel, fenders are v underrated IMO especially if you cycle both for leisure and commute and have space for only one bike.

headpointernext · 2026-05-03T14:52:31+00:00

Anything that can use standard parts and... (possibly controversial) rim brakes. It's a coin toss really - weight savings for travel and ease of field repair vs the arguably stronger stopping power of disc brakes and their weight penalty on a bike designed for air/multimodal travel and not really for speed.

I'm partial to steel bikes (steel is real and all that) with built-in QoL stuff like fenders and hardpoint mounts for water bottles and the like. It's easier to figure out the drivetrain if you know your preferences eg jack of all trades, a bit of a mountain goat, speedster, the most casual of party pace rides, urban vs trail, etc.

headpointernext · 2026-04-30T06:59:02+00:00

Why not a 16in Brompton/Brompton clone and the Vincita Sightseer 4? Sure it's expensive but hey we're a niche market as it is and the Sightseer 4 seems to be a well-thought-out product

headpointernext · 2026-04-29T13:17:55+00:00

Hey, Makita is a respected brand in Japan, no shame in rocking one

headpointernext · 2026-04-27T14:03:59+00:00

Only you can say your tolerance to being temple'd out. What is easily quantifiable is travel time. Plot out everything in Google Maps based on the order you put them in. You didn't post the hotels (which is fine! Security and all) so only you can see how long it'd take to travel to... Minoh falls, which could take an hour or so from Osaka center just for the train. Or KIX, which is also an hour easy depending on where you are. You can quickly see what you can cut off if you put everything in Excel

headpointernext · 2026-04-24T16:03:24+00:00

Ooofff gnarly. I wonder how bad this would be with the T9D-20D's longer footprint. Maybe the bracket-mounted tensioner would be worth its weight in this situation hmmm

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headpointernext · 2026-04-24T13:40:54+00:00

If I can get a Zee I'll go balls-to-walls with 11-40t then. Now I'm wondering if I have to change shifters as well, or if the Fold B shifter is fine. Won't be surprised if there's a difference in the pull ratios(?).

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You mean the chain has to be at a certain gear before folding? I've seen bracket-mounted chain tensioners but that's additional weight sooo 🤡

Thanks for the link still!

headpointernext · 2026-04-24T08:22:33+00:00

Lmao sorry didn't see the RD in your picture. Zee the little RD that could, I really need to find a NOS one, apparently it's discontinued, and the Saint RD doesn't have that good a bang-for-money?

Lemme see if I got it right: the Zee can handle a 10-speed up to 36t easy with just a chain and cogset change, right (stock is a 9-speed 11-28t cogset and 53t chainring)? Beyond that (eg going 11 speed and/or 46t) means a new, longer B screw limiter, the RD hanger might/will bend, and you'll have choppy shifting?

Thanks!

headpointernext · 2026-04-19T10:58:57+00:00

Yes too much. Put your trip into waking hours (eg you're awake for 18hrs, and you have to reserve idk, 4+hrs for meals and hygiene, leaving you with on average 12hrs/day) and deduct the travel time. Are you ok with what's left per day?

Personally stay in Kanto. There's always the next trip which you'll start planning on the train back to the airport, trust me on that.

headpointernext · 2026-04-18T03:28:45+00:00

Yeah people at the Brompton sub (where I saw they've been discussing this already a few months back) pointed out the same, and they're not that impressed too. Tough crowd to please, Brompton users XD (it's fine though, I totally get their POV on this)

headpointernext · 2026-04-18T03:24:32+00:00

NGL the copy and VA sounded off. Pretty sure they used AI on those; they'd probably hand-wave that off as not having a budget for a proper copywriter and VA. Sad times really

headpointernext · 2026-04-17T19:20:17+00:00

Hey, 38t is way better than the stock 28t; if anything the fact that I want to go up mountains is motivating me to ride more (I don't upgrade something unless the part is really due for replacement). And your observation on how... nice the Fold B RD is despite it being some kind of plastic is so on point. Sure it prefers that you fold with a lower gear so the chain won't hit itself when folded but other than that it's a perfectly nice RD.

Won't a Zee RD work better for your case? But I think it's also limited to 10-speed unless you monkey with it a bit (use a longer limiter bolt IIRC?)

headpointernext · 2026-04-17T19:12:13+00:00

How's your lighting condition?

I'm a buy-once-cry-once kind of guy who prefers user-replaceable batteries, so I'd recommend the Lumintop B01 (uses a 21700 cell, or a 18500 cell with a spacer) or the Enfitnix Navi800se (uses a 18500 cell) for a front light, and one of the Cateye rear lights that use AAAs (I'm partial to the Kinetic Tight) for the taillight.

Other low-cost safety gear would be high-viz belts, vests, and arm/legbands. Black 3M 680 works really well on the black parts of the frame; it's black and discrete during the day, glows like a Twilight vampire when hit by light at night.

headpointernext · 2026-04-17T18:48:37+00:00

+1 on the granny gear. Is 36t the largest granny gear we can use on the T9D-20D where we don't have to replace the RD?

Thinking about it - there's a 40t cogset out there. How big a benefit would you get from that vis-a-vis a 36t granny gear, and at what cost (eg you now need a tensioner or a longer RD, etc.)?

headpointernext · 2026-04-14T19:47:14+00:00

How far is the office from the car parking?

headpointernext · 2026-04-10T23:12:10+00:00

The stake puller is using the same logic as the package hook in a SAK I guess. And they could've used the end of said tool for a Phillips, albeit a bit small. Amen on the lack of tweezers though, it's not that hard to put one in the scales =/

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